Eater Los Angeles highlighted a smoked tomato with perilla sorbet at Restaurant Ki in Little Tokyo as one of its favorite dishes of the week. The dish appears as part of chef Ki Kim's twelve-course tasting menu and reflects the neighborhood's expanding range of contemporary dining.

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• The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: August 24 — Eater Los Angeles — 2026-08-24
  https://la.eater.com/where-to-eat/306202/the-best-dishes-eater-editors-ate-this-week-august-24

Night on Earth in the Cahuenga Pass has launched a lower-priced cocktail menu featuring eight-dollar mini drinks and thirteen-dollar full-sized versions. The bar says the change responds to rising costs for customers while maintaining its elaborate in-house drink preparation.

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• Night on Earth Bets Big on Tiny and Affordable Cocktails — Eater Los Angeles — 2026-08-21
  https://la.eater.com/los-angeles-restaurant-news/306183/night-on-earth-new-cocktail-menu-los-angeles

The former 88 Club space in Beverly Hills is reopening August 29 as Tiger Tiger. The new restaurant keeps original partner Francis Miranda and brings in veteran chef Michael Chih, with a broader regional Chinese menu and a more casual, neighborhood-focused approach.

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• After a Year of Operation 88 Club Flips Into the More Casual Tiger Tiger — Eater Los Angeles — 2026-08-20
  https://la.eater.com/restaurant-openings/306158/tiger-tiger-opening-beverly-hills-88-club-flip

The Pacific Wheel at Santa Monica Pier is marking Kobe Bryant with a special display featuring his Lakers jersey numbers, 8 and 24. The tribute arrives on August 24, a date that has become closely associated with Bryant's career and legacy in Los Angeles.

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• Local — NBC Los Angeles — 2026-08-24
  https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/

Metro's GoPass program continues to provide free rides for students at participating K-12 schools and community colleges across Los Angeles County. The program allows eligible students to use Metro bus and rail without paying a fare, expanding access to school, jobs and activities.

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• Metro — LA Metro — 2026-08-24
  https://www.metro.net/

Metro continues environmental work on the Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2, which would extend the E Line farther east. Funding constraints mean the first operating segment is planned to reach Greenwood and Washington in Montebello before a later extension continues to Whittier.

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• Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 — LA Metro — 2026-08-24
  https://www.metro.net/projects/eastside_phase2/

Metro's D Line subway extension continues west after the May opening of stations at La Brea, Fairfax and La Cienega. Construction remains active in Beverly Hills, Century City and Westwood, where future stations will expand rail access toward UCLA and the VA campus.

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• D Line Subway Extension — LA Metro — 2026-08-24
  https://www.metro.net/projects/westside/

Metro will hold a virtual community meeting August 31 on its Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods initiative. The program covers bus, walking, biking and mobility-hub improvements in several Southeast Los Angeles County communities ahead of major regional transportation needs.

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• Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Initiative — LA Metro — 2026-08-24
  https://www.metro.net/projects/rcn/

Metro and Caltrans are holding a public hearing Tuesday evening in Carson on proposed improvements to a three-mile section of the 405 Freeway between Wilmington Avenue and Main Street. The project focuses on safety, congestion and walking and biking connections without adding general-purpose lanes.

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• I-405: Wilmington Avenue to Main Street Improvements — LA Metro — 2026-08-24
  https://www.metro.net/projects/i-405-wilmington/

California Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of arguments that a county sheriff had authority to seize more than 600,000 ballots from a prior election. The case could clarify the limits of law-enforcement power around election materials throughout the state.

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• California Supreme Court appears skeptical of sheriff's authority to seize ballots — Los Angeles Times — 2026-08-24
  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-24/california-supreme-court-bianco-ballot-seizure-case